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R&R engine mounts on 1989 Westfalia
Historical mailing list - Pat Spragge/RFAN
Sat, 19 Dec 2015 11:11:33 -0800
...1) remove the carrier bar leaving the mounts attached to the engine support and then remove them separately or... 2) remove the carrier bar...
Re: Carrier Bars?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sun, 4 Dec 2011 17:58:07 -0800
83 diesel vanagon carrier bars perfectly match the waterboxer transmission fore-aft location. it will all bolt right up. if interested why/how ..... that...
Turbo Diesel engine carrier bars
Historical mailing list - Undetermined origin c/o LISTSERV administrator
Thu, 20 Apr 2000 11:12:23 -0700
...Does anyone have the part numbers for the left and right engine carrier bars (the bars that attach to the frame rail and the...
WTB Syncro Engine Carrier
Historical mailing list - Thomas Wilsher
Sun, 26 Jul 2009 22:13:42 -0700
I am looking for the engine carrier bar for my syncro (the elongated-U-shaped bar that the motor mounts sit on top of...
Re: R&R engine mounts on 1989 Westfalia
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Sat, 19 Dec 2015 17:11:51 -0800
...I had originally thought that the > way to proceed would be to leave the engine support in place and remove the > carrier bar with...
Question about engine carriers - 4WD v. 2WD - Fast Forward kit
Historical mailing list - Fitz-Randolph, Douglas
Wed, 16 Oct 2002 16:32:48 -0400
...Among the numerous differences between the two is the height of the drivetrain with respect to the body - the syncro engine carrier bar is...
Re: ABA 2.0L 15 degrees
Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
Thu, 8 Nov 2007 08:46:33 -0500
...Support the engine again and remove the carrier bars. Weld stuff up right. Replace carrier bars and you should be good to go. //::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: > Is...
Re: R&R engine mounts on 1989 Westfalia
Historical mailing list - Pat Spragge/RFAN
Sat, 19 Dec 2015 17:16:21 -0800
...I had originally thought that the > way to proceed would be to leave the engine support in place and remove the > carrier bar with...
Re: 2.0 ABA inline gas Vanagon. how it works
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Sat, 23 Oct 2010 07:45:23 -0700
The 82 diesel carrier bars mount the engine forward by some amount to work with shorter early trannys. When longer 5 speeds came out...
Re: Turbo Diesel engine carrier bars
Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
Thu, 20 Apr 2000 21:08:35 +0200
...engine carrier bars (the bars that > attach to the frame rail and the rear beam in the engine > bay) to which the rubber engine...
Re: Carrier Bars?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sun, 4 Dec 2011 18:11:13 -0800
...Carrier Bars? > Yes. And I have a steel engine cover waiting to be modified. > > Thanks. > > Jim > > > On Dec 4, 2011, at 12:11 PM...
Re: Tiico - Welding Engine Mount
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Wed, 31 Jul 2002 17:48:11 -0700
...For reference, the 1982 diesel Vanagon engine carrier bars were rubber mounted at both ends and on both sides. The 1983 and later diesel...
Re: ABA 2.0L 15 degrees
Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
Thu, 8 Nov 2007 08:35:45 -0800
...Make some tack welds. > Support the engine again and remove the carrier bars. Weld stuff up > right. Replace carrier bars and you should be...
Re: Free Syncro Engine Carrier Bar in Seattle
Historical mailing list - Tim King-syncrowesty
Wed, 7 Nov 2007 09:37:48 -0800
Hi Folks -- the engine carrier bar is spoken for. I have someone coming to get it and a back up. Cheers, Tim On 11...
Re: ABA 2.0L 15 degrees
Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
Thu, 8 Nov 2007 11:23:21 -0500
...Make some tack welds. > Support the engine again and remove the carrier bars. Weld stuff up > right. Replace carrier bars and you should be...
Re: R&R engine mounts on 1989 Westfalia
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 19 Dec 2015 19:32:00 -0500
...1) remove the carrier bar leaving the mounts attached to the engine support and then remove them separately or... 2) remove the carrier bar...
Advice on possible engine replacement
Historical mailing list - Dana Showers
Thu, 8 Sep 2005 10:50:22 -0400
...diesel - need VW diesel carrier bars and other off-the-shelf VW connection/engine pieces - need to change gearing on transmission unless you have...
Re: Trouble Fitting I-4 Engine Into '90 Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
Sat, 24 Feb 2001 18:18:13 -0800
...carrier bars, depending on the model of tranny. You are using 1982 bars with a 1983+ type tranny. The 83+ bars locate the engine...
Re: Kudo's to Dennis Haynes and his frame mount receiver hitch.
Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:39:42 -0700
...way my carrier bar has that upward curve in it. : / --snip-- At least they used the hitch and not the engine carrier. --snip-- Cya...
Re: Trouble Fitting I-4 Engine Into '90 Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
Sat, 24 Feb 2001 19:24:30 -0800
...carrier bars, depending on the model > of tranny. You are using 1982 bars with a 1983+ type tranny. The 83+ > bars locate the engine...
Re: R&R engine mounts on 1989 Westfalia
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 19 Dec 2015 20:21:16 -0500
...I had originally thought that > the way to proceed would be to leave the engine support in place and > remove the > carrier bar with...
Re: R&R engine mounts on 1989 Westfalia
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 19 Dec 2015 20:27:06 -0500
...I had originally thought that > the way to proceed would be to leave the engine support in place and > remove the > carrier bar with...
again with "exhaust rattle"
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Wed, 22 Jun 2011 18:56:50 -0700
...So today I took off the muffler, dropped the skid bars, and removed the engine mount carrier. I found a loose bolt, the centre...
Re: Carrier Bar
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Wed, 19 Aug 2020 12:07:42 -0700
...rust abatement currently focusing on the engine carrier bar. > The bar ends are badly rusted but the bar itself is solid. I tried pulling...
Re: Building carrier (load bar) Square or rectangular tube steel?
Historical mailing list - pdooley
Sat, 15 Mar 2008 20:29:49 -0400
...Building carrier (load bar) Square or rectangular tube steel? any pics of a I-4 type engine using the stock cross bar for mounts...
Carrier Bar
Historical mailing list - David Boan
Wed, 19 Aug 2020 11:45:47 +0000
Hello Vanagon Types I am doing some rust abatement currently focusing on the engine carrier bar. The bar ends are badly rusted but the...
Re: R&R engine mounts on 1989 Westfalia
Historical mailing list - Pat Spragge/RFAN
Sat, 19 Dec 2015 18:34:44 -0800
...I had originally thought that > > the way to proceed would be to leave the engine support in place and > > remove > the > > carrier bar with...
Re: Building carrier (load bar) Square or rectangular tube steel?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
Sat, 15 Mar 2008 14:52:15 -0700
...Building carrier (load bar) Square or rectangular tube steel? I have a couple of these vanagon engine support bars for just such a purpose...
Re: 83 and newer diesel carrier bars
Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
Fri, 17 Jul 2020 18:41:10 +0000
...83 and newer diesel carrier bars 'Shot', how? You might also consider FAS's new mounting system that is said to work very well...
Re: Carrier Bars?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Mon, 5 Dec 2011 01:50:39 -0800
...Carrier Bars? >> >> >>> Yes. And I have a steel engine cover waiting to be modified. >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> Jim >>> >>> >>> On Dec 4, 2011, at 12:11 PM...
Re: Building carrier (load bar) Square or rectangular tube steel?
Historical mailing list - Mike
Sat, 15 Mar 2008 16:47:02 -0400
...Building carrier (load bar) Square or rectangular tube steel? Just look at a waterboxer rear engine cross bar for inspiration. It's rectangular tubing...
Re: Carrier Bar
Historical mailing list - David Boan
Wed, 19 Aug 2020 16:13:48 +0000
...Hello Vanagon Types I am doing some rust abatement currently focusing on the engine carrier bar. The bar ends are badly rusted but the...
Re: Building carrier (load bar) Square or rectangular tube steel?
Historical mailing list - Mike Riley
Sat, 15 Mar 2008 19:59:46 -0400
...Building carrier (load bar) Square or rectangular tube steel? > > Just look at a waterboxer rear engine cross bar for inspiration. > > It's rectangular tubing...
Re: Should engine mount move this much? (PIC)
Historical mailing list - pdooley
Mon, 24 Mar 2008 21:44:15 -0400
...I "leveled" the engine, then made marks for mount bolts onto carrier. When engine supported by carrier, the mount looks like it's shifting...
Re: Carrier Bars?
Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
Sun, 4 Dec 2011 20:41:06 -0800
...Carrier Bars? > > >> Yes. And I have a steel engine cover waiting to be modified. >> >> Thanks. >> >> Jim >> >> >> On Dec 4, 2011, at 12:11 PM...
Re: Question about engine carriers - 4WD v. 2WD - Fast Forward kit
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Wed, 16 Oct 2002 20:45:22 -0700
...Among the numerous differences between the two is the height of the drivetrain with respect to the body - the syncro engine carrier bar is...
Re: Building carrier (load bar) Square or rectangular tube steel?
Historical mailing list - Mike
Sat, 15 Mar 2008 20:59:51 -0400
...Building carrier (load bar) Square or rectangular tube >> steel? >> >> any pics of a I-4 type engine using the stock cross bar for mounts...
Re: 83 and newer diesel carrier bars
Historical mailing list
Fri, 17 Jul 2020 19:39:48 +0000
...83 and newer diesel carrier bars It's the one Greg use to miun the Boxeer engine on our Doka. On Wed, Jul 15...
Re: Carrier Bars?
Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
Sun, 4 Dec 2011 14:11:02 -0800
...And I have a steel engine cover waiting to be modified. Thanks. Jim On Dec 4, 2011, at 12:11 PM, Don Hanson wrote...
Re: Should engine mount move this much? (PIC)
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:15:14 -0700
...I "leveled" > the engine, then made marks for mount bolts onto carrier. When engine > supported by carrier, the mount looks like it's shifting...
Re: Wheel suggestion. The spare tire carrier!
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Fri, 3 Jan 2020 09:42:05 -0800
...I removed the OE spare tire bars above that hold the tire down on the carrier then used a ratchet strap at holes in...
Re: Building carrier (load bar) Square or rectangular tube steel?
Historical mailing list - neil N
Sat, 15 Mar 2008 16:41:26 -0800
...Building carrier (load bar) Square or rectangular tube steel? > > any pics of a I-4 type engine using the stock cross bar for mounts...
Re: Building carrier (load bar) Square or rectangular tube steel?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
Sat, 15 Mar 2008 13:33:38 -0700
...Building carrier (load bar) Square or rectangular tube steel? Neil, I'm not an engineer, but I would think that a tube with rectangular...
WTB Engine Mounts
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Fri, 17 Dec 2004 16:17:01 -0800
Hello- I need a pair of '83 Diesel engine side carrier bars or those from a Tiico which are the same. I was sold...
Re: Chevy 4.3l into the vanagon
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:22:01 -0800
The carrier bars in that ad photo are a mismatched set and won't work together on any year. For a 91 you want...
Re: Building carrier (load bar) Square or rectangular tube steel?
Historical mailing list - neil N
Sat, 15 Mar 2008 18:23:54 -0700
...Building carrier (load bar) Square or rectangular tube > >> steel? > >> > >> any pics of a I-4 type engine using the stock cross bar for mounts...
Re: Carrier Bar
Historical mailing list - Ryan Cresawn
Wed, 19 Aug 2020 09:07:56 -0700
...rust abatement currently focusing on the engine carrier > bar. The bar ends are badly rusted but the bar itself is solid. I tried > pulling...
Building carrier (load bar) Square or rectangular tube steel?
Historical mailing list - neil N
Sat, 15 Mar 2008 08:50:28 -0700
...I am ready to fabricate the engine carrier for my 15 degree Jetta conversion. Is 1/8" - 2"x2" hot rolled tube rigid enough...
Re: Should engine mount move this much? (PIC)
Historical mailing list - neil N
Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:24:11 -0700
...I "leveled" > the engine, then made marks for mount bolts onto carrier. When engine > supported by carrier, the mount looks like it's shifting...
Re: again with "exhaust rattle"
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Wed, 22 Jun 2011 19:18:27 -0700
...bars, and removed > the engine mount carrier. I found a loose bolt, the centre one of the > three that holds the cast aluminium carrier...
Re: Should engine mount move this much? (PIC)
Historical mailing list - pdooley
Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:38:31 -0400
...I "leveled" > the engine, then made marks for mount bolts onto carrier. When engine > supported by carrier, the mount looks like it's shifting...
Re: again with "exhaust rattle"
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Thu, 23 Jun 2011 05:54:09 -0400
...So today I took off the muffler, dropped the skid bars, and removed the engine mount carrier. I found a loose bolt, the centre...
Re: 83 and newer diesel carrier bars
Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
Thu, 16 Jul 2020 02:42:11 -0400
...http://www.foreignautosupply.com/parts-accessories/109-hydraulic-engine-cradle-mount-system-in-line-4-cylinder-conversion-tiicomk3-only/
Re: Carrier Bar
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Wed, 19 Aug 2020 18:00:19 -0400
...rust abatement currently focusing on the engine carrier > bar. > > The bar ends are badly rusted but the bar itself is solid. I tried > pulling...
Re: Should engine mount move this much? (PIC)
Historical mailing list - neil N
Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:25:12 -0700
...I "leveled" > > > the engine, then made marks for mount bolts onto carrier. When engine > > > supported by carrier, the mount looks like it's shifting...
Longitudinal Oil Pan Tilt
Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
Wed, 15 Aug 2001 16:26:40 -0700
...I got here by mounting the aft ends of the '83 carrier bars putting bolts through the lower sets of holes in the bar...
replacing engine mounts - best method
Historical mailing list - John Runberg
Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:54:04 -0800
...Am I correct in the easiest way being to suspend the engine from a hoist, then simply unbolt the carrier bar and engine support...
Re: Advice on possible engine replacement
Historical mailing list - TC
Thu, 8 Sep 2005 09:09:14 -0700
...VW 4 cylinder in-line > - need VW diesel carrier bars and other off-the-shelf VW > connection/engine pieces > - reliable and good mileage - install...
Re: Should engine mount move this much? (PIC)
Historical mailing list - Mike
Tue, 25 Mar 2008 06:31:38 -0400
...I "leveled" > >> the engine, then made marks for mount bolts onto carrier. When engine > >> supported by carrier, the mount looks like it's shifting...
Re: ABA 2.0L 15 degrees
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Thu, 8 Nov 2007 07:12:50 -0800
...Make some tack welds. > Support the engine again and remove the carrier bars. Weld stuff up > right. Replace carrier bars and you should be...